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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by holydude on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:56AM (#14097146)
....for free.

But seriously it's hard to create quality software especially if you are not as rich as Apple or MS

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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by rbanffy on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:24AM (#14098556)
Judging by how much money Microsoft has, I wouldn't say money solves that problem.
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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by Longhanks on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:50AM (#14097625)
Apple was not rich when Mac OS X launched.
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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by holydude on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:52AM (#14097643)
When OSX launched people had different expectations.
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Re:Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here? by boomboomsubban on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:10AM (#14098413)
Rich enough to spend half a billion on NeXT, which they turned into OS X.
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